Translation
to accuse
Word origin
From French accuser, from Latin accusare ('to call to account'), built from ad ('to') and causa ('a cause, a case'). The same root gives English accuse and cause.
- Origin
- French, from Latin
- Root
- accusare
- English cognates
- accuse, accusation, cause
Examples
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The police accused him of the crime.
pruvo.
Do not accuse me without proof.
mensogo.
She accused her neighbour of lying.
You accuse someone something: . Grammar fans will recognise the root from the accusative case, the , which Latin grammarians named with the very same word.
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